Meanwhile crossrail is essential in order to cope with london 's growing population .

同时，横木对应付伦敦不断增长的人口起着重要作用。

Work was hampered by the new crossrail and london underground work at the next-door site , as well as a re-landscaping of south molton street .

工作因新的横木和伦敦地铁在隔壁的场所工作，以及南莫尔顿街重新美化受到阻碍。

Tony travers , a local-government expert from the london school of economics , points out that people-himself included-have been saying for 20 years that crossrail is vital , during which time the capital has continued to grow without it .

伦敦经济学院的地方政府专家托尼特拉弗斯指出，包括他自己在内的很多人，已经连续20年称横木很重要，但就在这20年中，首都没有它也在不断发展。

Although crossrail survived the budget cuts , the financing of the district , circle and hammersmith line upgrades is not assured , and the bakerloo and piccadilly line upgrades have been postponed indefinitely .

虽然横贯线从预算削减中存活下来，金融区、环线和哈默史密斯线能否升级还都是未知数，贝克鲁线和皮卡迪利线的升级被无限期推迟。

After decades of wrangling , there is agreement at last on a fast underground crossrail linking suburbs west and east , but this will not be open until 2017 at the earliest and the cost has spiralled .

经过数十年的争论，终于达成协议，建设一条连接东西郊的快速地铁（伦敦横贯铁路，crossrail），但是项目动工时间不会早于2017年，而且工程成本也在不断增加。